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HENRY DORSEY, OF- DALLAS, TEXAS. PRINTERS CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 28, .1905.

" Application filed January 30, 1905. serial No. 243,384."

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY DORSEY, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing'at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Cabinets; andI do hereby.

tion of a cabinet to be used in modern print' ing-ofiices, the same being designed to, combine economy of space and convenience to employees of such an office. 7

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a printers cabinet made in accordance with my invention and looking at the same from the front, and Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the samefrom the rear.

In modern printing-oflices it is the aim to arrange the furniture-such as cases, cabinets, and the likein as compact a manner as possible and with conveniences for facilitating the despatch of work coming into and going out of the ofiice.

In all printing-offices more or less waste paper is liable to accumulate and small articlessuch. as cleaning-rags, cans ofink, and

1 the like-are apt to become scattered about the partment 1 is designed for the reception of cleaning-rags and is preferably open at front andback, as shown, said front and back opening being closed by means of doors 2, the lat-.

ter being preferably spring-actuated and hinged at their lower edges and provided with a suitable knob near their upper edges and opening outwardly, so that upon pulling the door 2 outwardly, as shown in the drawings, cloths or other suitable matter may be insert- [to a point of disposal.

ed into or removed from the receptacle 1, and uponreleasing the grasp on the handle of the door saiddoor will automatically return to a;

vertical position, and thus close the receptaole. By providing a door at both front and rear of the cabinet anioperator can have com-.

plete access to the compartment 1 from either I side of said cabinet and without the necessity of walking around the said cabinet for such purpose. Above the compartment 1 is provided a drawer 3, designed especially'for waste paper and which is adapted to be preferably drawn out from the rear of the cabinet. For affording easy introduction of waste paper intothe its front face with a chute or hopper 4, which latter extends outwardly from the cabinet and practically entirely across the same, as clearly of the cabinet can readily push paper into'the drawer 3 through the hopper or chute 4, or by arranging the cabinet in between two operators both of said operators will be enabled to throw waste paper into the said chute or hopper 4 and into the drawer 3. By withdrawing the drawer from the rear instead of from the front of the cabinet the liability of paper being left in the cabinet when the drawer is Withdrawn by being knocked out of the drawer as it'is being withdrawn is-le ssened. The advantage of having the hopper or chute formed directly on the cabinet instead of on the drawer is that a drawer of ordinary construction can'be employed and can be more easily handled in carrying waste paper from the cabinet hopper or chute on the cabinet a comparatively deep drawer may be employed and the depth of the chute or hopper can be taken from the compartment above. The advantage of having the hopper extend entirely across the width of the cabinet is, as stated above,that

anoperator or two operators can force wastedrawer is preferably provided with compartments and is designed to hold any suitable Also by forming thedrawer 3 the cabinet is preferably provided on material, such as'leads, cuts, or any other articles which it would be desirable to have close at hand to an operator. Above the drawer 5 are preferablyarranged open-ended compartments 6, which are designed to accommodate any suitable article, such as cans of ink and the like, and which are readily accessible either from the front or rear of the cabinet. The top of the cabinet is preferably provided with a glass or stone plate 7 but preferably glass, which serves as a very convenient palette upon which to mix trial colors of inks or upon which .to spread or mix inks for hand-proof work. The cabinet is preferably provided with rollers 8, by means of which it can be moved to any desired position in any room.

Having'thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A printers cabinet provided with suitable compartments for the reception of difierent articles, one of said compartments constituting a drawer and being adapted to be withdrawn from the cabinet, and said cabinet being provided with a chute or hopper formed upon one side which communicates with the said drawer from the opposite side of the cabinet from which the drawer is constructed to be withdrawn.

2. A printers cabinet provided with suit able compartments for the reception of different articles, one of said compartments constituting a drawer and being adapted to be withdrawn from the cabinet and said cabinet being provided with a chute or hopper which communicates with the said drawer from the opposite side of the cabinet from which the drawer is constructed to be withdrawn, said chute or hopper projecting from the cabinet and extending substantially the entire width thereof.

3. A printers cabinet provided with suitable compartments for the reception of different articles, one of said compartments constituting a drawer and being adapted to be withdrawn from the cabinet, the said cabinet being provided with a chute or hopper communicating with said drawer and extending substantially the entire width of the cabinet, an open-ended compartment beneath the said drawer compartment closed by means of spring-actuated doors, open-ended compartments above the said drawer-compartment accessible from opposite sides of the cabinet and a glass or stone plate forming a top for the cabinet.

4. A cabinet provided with an open-ended compartment formed in the lower portion thereof, said compartment extending across said cabinet, movable means for closing the opened ends of said compartment, a drawer positioned directly above said open ended compartment, a chute formed upon said cabinet and providing a passage from the outside of said cabinet into said drawer, said cabinet provided with compartments and a drawer above said chute, and a plate, constituting a top, positioned upon said cabinet.

5. Acabinet provided with upper and lower open-ended compartments, drawers positioned between said compartments, a chute formed upon said cabinet between said drawers, and spring-actuated means for closing the opened ends of the lower compartment.

6. A cabinet provided with upper and lower compartments, upper and lower removable receptacles positioned between the upper and lower compartments, and a chute extending entirely across said cabinet and providing a passage from the outside of said cabinet into the interior of the lower receptacle.

7. A cabinet provided with upper and lower compartments, slidable receptacles positioned between said compartments, and stationary, inclined means formed upon said cabinet between said receptacles and capable of directing articles or material into one of said receptacles.

8. A cabinet provided with upper openedend compartments and an open-ended lower compartment, a receptacle positioned between said compartments, stationary, inclined means formed upon one side of said cabinet and being capable of directing articles or material into said receptacle, and diametrically opposite, laterally-movable, spring-actuated means secured to said cabinet for closing the opened ends of the lower compartment.

9. A cabinet provided with an upper and lower compartment, a slidable receptacle positioned between said compartments, and inclined, stationary means formed upon one side of said cabinet and capable of directing articles or material into said receptacle.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY DORSEY.

Witnesses:

LOUIS E. GUEDRY, MARGARET F. CARY. 

